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Marked for Pepe

118 Edition

The San Telmo Gazette

30 Oct 2028
From our football correspondent Crisis

The terraces30 Oct 2028

Anger at San Telmo spills outside the ground

It has stopped being a mood in the stands and started being something organised. Boards can ignore a bad atmosphere for a long time; they cannot ignore this stage of it for very long at all.

The dugout30 Oct 2028

Duvan Restrepo keeps the receipts

“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” San Telmo may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.

Squad30 Oct 2028

Tempers go at San Telmo

Leonel Pollacchi was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.

Boardroom30 Oct 2028

Belts tighten at San Telmo

The accounts are being read more closely than the results. Wages before ambition is the order of business now, and the manager has been told so.

Squad30 Oct 2028

Words at San Telmo training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Elías Brítez is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.

The terraces30 Oct 2028

The stands have heard the Matías Salerno talk too

What was a back-page story is now a matter for the terraces, and the terraces do not do nuance. San Telmo would like it dealt with before it becomes the only question anybody asks.

Market30 Oct 2028

The Jerónimo Porto Lapegüe question follows San Telmo around

Every press conference now starts and ends the same way: with Jerónimo Porto Lapegüe’s future. The manager has run out of new ways to say nothing.

The dugout30 Oct 2028

Pepe knocks on the manager's door

“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at San Telmo, and both men came out saying it was fine.

Squad30 Oct 2028

Matías Salerno is not doing himself any favours

A manager forgives a bad Saturday far more readily than a bad Tuesday, because one of them he can explain and the other one he chose. The reports this week have not been good.

In brief

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117 Edition

The San Telmo Gazette

23 Oct 2028
From our football correspondent Crisis

Squad23 Oct 2028

Words at San Telmo training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Elías Brítez is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.

Boardroom23 Oct 2028

Wages eat 123% of everything San Telmo earn

There is a figure at which a wage bill stops being ambitious and becomes the reason nothing else is possible, and this club has reached it. Nothing is left over for a transfer, a stand or a rainy afternoon.

The dugout23 Oct 2028

Juan Motroni gets picked when it counts

Every manager keeps a short list in his head of the men he wants on the pitch when the stakes rise, and it is never published. The team sheets for the big afternoons say Juan Motroni is on it.

The dugout23 Oct 2028

The manager makes an example of Shalev Saadia

“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.

Market23 Oct 2028

The Iñaki Larthirigoyen story refuses to die

It has been denied twice and printed three times, which is the usual arithmetic. Until Iñaki Larthirigoyen signs something — a contract at San Telmo or anywhere else — this column belongs to him.

The dugout23 Oct 2028

Elías Brítez keeps his manager's vote

The message was aimed at the stands as much as the dressing room: Elías Brítez plays, and the argument is closed until the manager decides otherwise.

In brief

111 Edition

The San Telmo Gazette

11 Sep 2028
From our football correspondent Crisis

Squad11 Sep 2028

Tempers go at San Telmo

Leonel Pollacchi was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.

Squad11 Sep 2028

Elías Brítez falls out with a teammate over standards

The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.

Looking ahead11 Sep 2028

San Telmo face Defensores in the game that matters most

Two sides from the bottom of the table, three points, and an afternoon that will be described afterwards as a relegation decider by whoever loses it.

The dugout11 Sep 2028

Máximo Munarriz gets it from the manager

“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.

Market11 Sep 2028

Talks stall between San Telmo and Leonel Pollacchi

“We are a long way apart, and pretending otherwise helps nobody.” Neither side is close, and the calendar is not on the club's side.

The terraces11 Sep 2028

Supporters make their feelings known about Matías Salerno

The speculation has reached the stands, and the stands have answered. San Telmo would like this settled before it becomes the only thing anybody asks about.

Squad11 Sep 2028

Máximo Munarriz has seen what the next man earns

Numbers do not stay secret in a dressing room and never have. He is not asking for more than he is worth; he is asking why somebody beside him is worth more, and at San Telmo that is a harder question to answer.

Market11 Sep 2028

The Máximo Munarriz question follows San Telmo around

Every press conference now starts and ends the same way: with Máximo Munarriz’s future. The manager has run out of new ways to say nothing.

The dugout11 Sep 2028

Pepe asks for a word with the manager

“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.

In brief